Re: [boost] [exception] Lifetime of exception refered to by exception_ptr

Subject: Re: [boost] [exception] Lifetime of exception refered to by exception_ptr
From: Emil Dotchevski (emildotchevski_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-05-13 21:58:17

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Adam Badura <abadura_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> I failed to find in Boost.Exception documentation any note on how long is
> the lifetime of an exception object referred to by an exception_ptr. Also I
> failed to find it in the referred N2179
> (http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2179.html).
>
> It seems logical to assume that the lifetime is not shorter then the
> lifetime of any exception_ptr object referring to the exception object.
> N2179 suggests possibility of use of smart pointer as implementation of
> exception_ptr which makes that assumption even more justified.
>
> However I think that documentation should be explicit with this.

Fixed.

Emil Dotchevski
Reverge Studios, Inc.
http://www.revergestudios.com/reblog/index.php?n=ReCode